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Praesidium
| The Praesidium has the role of lending impetus to
the Convention and providing it with a basis on which to work. The Praesidium consists of the Convention Chairman and Vice-Chairmen and nine members drawn from the Convention: the representatives of all the governments holding the Presidency of the Union during the Convention (Spain, Denmark and Greece), two national parliament representatives, two European Parliament representatives and two Commission representatives. The Praesidium meets on a regular basis, normally twice a month: before each plenary session of the Convention and once between sessions. It has specific roles in preparing draft agendas for plenary sessions, and in overseeing the activities and organisation of the Forum. Mr Peterle, the representative of the Slovene Parliament in the Convention, attends the meetings of the Praesidium as an invitee. He was designated by the representatives of the parliaments of the candidate countries. Chairman Mr Valéry GISCARD d'ESTAING Vice-Chairmen Mr Giuliano AMATO Mr Jean-Luc DEHAENE Representatives of the Governments holding the Council Presidency during the Convention Mr Alfonso DASTIS Mr Henning CHRISTOPHERSEN Mr Georges PAPANDREOU Representatives of the national parliaments Mr John BRUTON Ms Gisela STUART Representatives of the European Parliament Mr Klaus HÄNSCH Mr Íñigo MÉNDEZ DE VIGO Representatives of the European Commission Mr Michel BARNIER Mr António VITORINO Invitee Mr Alojz PETERLE |
